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'In eastern Europe, we don’t prefer to eat garbage': readers on food inequalityhttps://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/sep/21/in-eastern-europe-we-dont-prefer-to-eat-garbage-readers-on-food-inequality
<p>Our report highlighting claims that some food brands are ‘cheating’ eastern and central European shoppers with inferior products prompted a huge response. While many were outraged, few were surprised</p><p>My husband and I both studied and lived abroad for many years, and we can honestly say what we find in supermarkets here [in Romania] is not food. Lots of people become vegetarians only because they fear the quality of the meat and meat products available. Many say certain products contain no meat at all. The taste is horrible, the texture questionable, and the cats and dogs refuse to eat it. </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/sep/15/food-brands-accused-of-selling-inferior-versions-in-eastern-europe">Food brands 'cheat' eastern European shoppers with inferior products</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/sep/15/europes-food-apartheid-are-brands-in-the-east-lower-quality-than-in-the-west">Europe's 'food apartheid': are brands in the east lower quality than in the west?</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/apr/25/inequality-project-guardian-in-depth-look-unequal-world-equality">The Inequality Project: the Guardian's in-depth look at our unequal world</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/sep/21/in-eastern-europe-we-dont-prefer-to-eat-garbage-readers-on-food-inequality">Continue reading...</a>InequalityFood safetyFood & drink industryWorld newsFood & drinkBusinessConsumer affairsEuropeEuropean UnionSloveniaHungaryPolandLife and styleThu, 21 Sep 2017 09:00:29 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/sep/21/in-eastern-europe-we-dont-prefer-to-eat-garbage-readers-on-food-inequalityPhotograph: Neil Hall/ReutersPhotograph: Neil Hall/Reuters2017-09-21T09:00:29ZDeportation and child removal threats - just for living legally in the UKhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/18/fighting-the-home-office-womans-traumatic-two-year-battle-to-stay-in-uk
<p>A Japanese woman living in London with her Polish husband tells how a two-year battle with the Home Office has turned her life upside down</p><p>A Japanese woman living in London with her Polish husband has been threatened with deportation, had her child benefit stopped and driving licence revoked even though she is lawfully in the country under EU law, it has emerged.</p><p>In a two-year ordeal, photographer Haruko Tomioka, was also threatened with separation from her eight-year-old son. </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/07/europeans-british-dream-uk-immigration-future">These Europeans came to live a British dream. Is it all over? | John Harris</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/17/american-nhs-surgeon-adopted-sons-granted-visas-patrick-thies-home-office">Adopted sons of American NHS specialist granted visas after being denied UK entry</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/18/fighting-the-home-office-womans-traumatic-two-year-battle-to-stay-in-uk">Continue reading...</a>BrexitImmigration and asylumMigrationUK newsWorld newsJapanChild benefitCommunitiesSocietyPolandEuropean UnionEuropeForeign policyPoliticsMon, 18 Sep 2017 06:01:02 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/18/fighting-the-home-office-womans-traumatic-two-year-battle-to-stay-in-ukPhotograph: Linda Nylind for the GuardianPhotograph: Linda Nylind for the GuardianLisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent2017-09-18T06:01:02ZBattlefield bounty hunters: the detectorists of eastern Europehttps://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/sep/17/battlefield-bounty-hunters-in-polish-ww2-battlefields
<p>Enthusiasts fuelled by vodka and nationalism are on the hunt for military memorabilia. Jack Losh joins a group of Poles, and meets the men trying to stop them</p><p>In the quiet of the forest, Aleksander holds a rusted pistol and turns it over. Others gather round to admire the handgun, each feeling its weight before shooting an imaginary bullet into the trees. More detritus of war is placed on a picnic table – a swastika-adorned badge, shards of shrapnel, a Soviet medal inscribed “Proletarians of all countries, unite!” The remnants of fallen regimes.</p><p>The men are among the thousands of detectorists across eastern Europe hunting for relics of the Red Army, the Third Reich and Imperial Russia. Beneath ploughed field and remote woodland is buried treasure from a turbulent, vanishing past. Even today, the war dead lie in these lands. Sometimes bodies are found.</p><p>Is this grave robbing? I never take jewellery or gold teeth from the dead. But medals… that’s OK</p><p>My father killed himself when I was 19. After that I drank hard for three years – a litre of vodka a&nbsp;day. Now I’m better</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/sep/17/battlefield-bounty-hunters-in-polish-ww2-battlefields">Continue reading...</a>PolandSecond world warArchaeologyNazismSun, 17 Sep 2017 07:30:35 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/sep/17/battlefield-bounty-hunters-in-polish-ww2-battlefieldsPhotograph: Antonio Olmos for the ObserverPhotograph: Antonio Olmos for the ObserverJack Losh2017-09-17T07:30:35ZJourneys through smogland – in pictureshttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/sep/15/michal-cala-industrial-landscapes-poland-in-pictures-photography
<p>In the 1970s, Michał Cała began shooting the ironworks, slagheaps, power stations and coal mines of southern Poland, and the workers who lived among them in soot-blackened housing. The astonishing results won him awards – and a spell in jail<br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/sep/15/michal-cala-industrial-landscapes-poland-in-pictures-photography">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyArt and designCulturePolandFri, 15 Sep 2017 06:00:02 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/sep/15/michal-cala-industrial-landscapes-poland-in-pictures-photographyPhotograph: Michal CalaPhotograph: Michal Cala2017-09-15T06:00:02ZJuncker says EU will 'move on' from Brexit in state of union speechhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/13/jean-claude-juncker-plays-down-brexit-in-eu-state-of-union-speech
<p>European commission president says UK departure is tragic but isn’t everything, and eyes expansion of eurozone and Schengen </p><p>Jean-Claude Juncker has declared that the “wind is back in Europe’s sails” in an at times deeply personal State of the Union speech in which he gave his vision for the future of the European Union after the UK makes its “tragic” departure in 2019.<br></p><p>The European commission president said he would always deeply lament the UK’s decision to leave the EU. “This will be a very sad and tragic moment in our history, we will always regret this”, he said before responding to heckling from Nigel Farage, by retorting: “I think you will regret this soon, I might say.”</p><p></p><p>In the eurosceptic imagination there is a place called Brussels that issues diktats about straight bananas and European armies. In reality, there are 28 European Union member states, soon to be 27, with a smorgasbord of political traditions and priorities.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/sep/13/brexit-buildings-negotiating-halls-britains-fate-brussels-eu">Brexit's buildings: how the negotiating halls could affect Britain's fate</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/13/jean-claude-juncker-plays-down-brexit-in-eu-state-of-union-speech">Continue reading...</a>European UnionBrexitPoliticsUK newsWorld newsForeign policyEuropeJean-Claude JunckerNigel FarageLuxembourgNatoAustralia newsNew ZealandPolandUK Independence party (Ukip)Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:06:15 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/13/jean-claude-juncker-plays-down-brexit-in-eu-state-of-union-speechPhotograph: MATHIEU CUGNOT / EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HANDOUT/EPAPhotograph: MATHIEU CUGNOT / EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HANDOUT/EPADaniel Boffey in Strasbourg2017-09-13T14:06:15ZThe Guardian view on the European Union: sticking together | Editorialhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/12/the-guardian-view-on-the-european-union-sticking-together
<p>With public trust in the EU rising, the mood on the continent is upbeat. While challenges remain, the bloc is moving forward with an agenda that Brexit Britain cannot ignore</p><p>Not all that long ago the European Union seemed to inspire doubt not hope: a project reaching its 60th anniversary looked to many as if it might be heading for <a href="http://nationalpost.com/opinion/england-alone-soon-enough" title="">its death bed</a>, or at least the emergency room. The eurozone, some said, would <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/08/23/the-euro-has-destroyed-the-eu-and-led-directly-to-brexit/" title="">soon crumble as a result of faulty construction and rash policies</a>. A populist wave was certain to sweep away institutions based on liberal democracy and shared sovereignty. Citizens would irreversibly turn their backs on a club which apparently combined high-mindedness and inefficiency.</p><p>With Brexit, 2016 was the EU’s annus horribilis. The year before that the refugee crisis, critics said, had exposed the EU as a fair-weather construct – unable to cope with the unforeseen. In 2014, extremist parties had already made spectacular gains in the EU parliament. In its bleakest moments the EU, it was said, had been a reputable and worthy project but one with perhaps a limited lifespan. The politics of fear were about to send it to the dustbin of history. Today, this doomsday narrative no longer applies. For one thing, Brexit has produced no domino effect. Britain’s despondency serves as daily proof that the path must be avoided by others. Far from breaking up, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/aug/01/eurozone-economy-grows-twice-as-fast-as-the-uks-figures-show" title="">the eurozone is set to grow at the fastest annual pace since 2011</a>. The migration issue hasn’t disappeared, but with the numbers down, its disruptive impacts on politics seem for now contained. Populism is no longer seen as an irrepressible force. Far-right slogans calling for a continent-wide <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/21/marine-le-pen-leads-gathering-of-eu-far-right-leaders-in-koblenz" title="">Patriotic Spring</a> in 2017 have come to nothing.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/12/the-guardian-view-on-the-european-union-sticking-together">Continue reading...</a>BrexitArticle 50UK newsEuropean UnionForeign policyPoliticsJean-Claude JunckerWorld newsRussiaEuropePolandAngela MerkelGermanyEurozoneTue, 12 Sep 2017 18:38:51 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/12/the-guardian-view-on-the-european-union-sticking-togetherPhotograph: Francois Lenoir/ReutersPhotograph: Francois Lenoir/ReutersEditorial2017-09-12T18:38:51ZPolish immigrant dies after suicide attempt in UK detention centrehttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/09/polish-immigrant-dies-after-suicide-attempt-in-uk-detention-centre
<p>Questions raised over treatment of man, 28, taken off life support four days after trying to kill himself in Harmondsworth<br></p><p>A 28-year-old Polish man has died after an attempt to kill himself at an immigration removal centre in London.</p><p>The incident happened at the Harmondsworth detention centre last Sunday, the day before the BBC aired a damning documentary that showed <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/05/head-brook-house-immigration-centre-ran-prison-where-children-were-abused-medway-ben-saunders">guards at another IRC mistreating vulnerable people</a>, including those who were suicidal.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/07/panorama-g4s-abuse-expose-immigration-centre-brook-house">Panorama’s exposé of immigration centre abuse is no surprise. I saw it for myself</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/09/polish-immigrant-dies-after-suicide-attempt-in-uk-detention-centre">Continue reading...</a>Immigration and asylumPolandLondonUK newsEuropeSat, 09 Sep 2017 10:15:23 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/09/polish-immigrant-dies-after-suicide-attempt-in-uk-detention-centrePhotograph: Bruno Vincent/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Bruno Vincent/Getty ImagesDiane Taylor2017-09-09T10:15:23ZCan Poland's answer to Topshop make it on Oxford Street?https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/09/can-polands-answer-to-topshop-make-it-on-oxford-street
<p>Reserved has signed a £42m lease for the old BHS flagship store but securing a foothold in the UK clothing market may take more than money … and Kate Moss</p><p>It’s that time of year when thousands of fashion buyers, press and “digital influencers” decamp to London to take in the catwalk shows that will shape what we wear come spring.</p><p>On Wednesday, the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/sep/02/reserved-polish-fashion-chain-moves-into-bhs-flagship-store">Polish brand Reserved</a> put on a show of its own, hiring Kate Moss to draw the fashion crowd to its debut store on London’s Oxford Street, where 120 million shoppers pass by each year. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/09/can-polands-answer-to-topshop-make-it-on-oxford-street">Continue reading...</a>Retail industryPolandFashionLondonKate MossBusinessEuropeLife and styleUK newsSat, 09 Sep 2017 07:00:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/09/can-polands-answer-to-topshop-make-it-on-oxford-streetPhotograph: Matthew Chattle/REX/ShutterstockPhotograph: Matthew Chattle/REX/ShutterstockZoe Wood2017-09-09T07:00:01ZTrump’s fascist contagion gives the anti-Brexit cause what it lacked: an emotional heart | Jonathan Freedlandhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/08/trump-brexit-fascist-european-union-eu
With his war talk and support for illiberal regimes, the US president is reminding us what the European Union is for<p>To the remainer, and even to the neutral, our current politics contains a big mystery. Put simply, where is the sentiment <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/20/public-turning-against-brexit-theresa-may-immigration">we hoped to call regrexit</a>? Where is the collective outbreak of buyer’s remorse? After all, the evidence that Brexit will be the greatest error in our national history <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2011/may/25/guardian-190-chamberlain-returns-from-munich">since Munich</a> is piling up. It’s not just that a process the leavers used to say would be quick and easy is proving to be long and torturously difficult, or that the European economies are growing while ours is sluggish. It’s more fundamental than that.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/17/fascism-history-united-states">The United States was never immune to fascism. Not then, not now | David Motadel</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/07/john-le-carre-on-trump-something-truly-seriously-bad-is-happening">John le Carré on Trump: ‘Something seriously bad is happening’</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/08/trump-brexit-fascist-european-union-eu">Continue reading...</a>BrexitArticle 50UK newsEuropean UnionForeign policyPoliticsDonald TrumpUS newsPolandEuropeWorld newsHungaryFri, 08 Sep 2017 18:56:37 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/08/trump-brexit-fascist-european-union-euPhotograph: ANSA/EPAPhotograph: ANSA/EPAJonathan Freedland2017-09-08T18:56:37ZThese Europeans came to live a British dream. Is it all over? | John Harrishttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/07/europeans-british-dream-uk-immigration-future
Hard-working and self-reliant, they moved to the UK to get ahead. But tough talk on immigration makes many fear for the future<p>On the southern edge of Peterborough is a new residential development called Cardea – a huge expanse of housing served by a solitary Morrisons supermarket and a self-styled “clean, modern pub” called the Apple Cart – which has become a byword for the more affluent elements of the city’s Polish population.</p><p>On roads called Jupiter Avenue, Hercules Way and Neptune Close, newly&nbsp;built homes extend into the distance. A three-bedroom detached will give you change out of £250,000, and put you in close proximity to the expanse of warehouses, distribution centres and retail outlets which power a big part of the local economy. The openings such places offer tend to fall one of two ways: management positions and tech roles for people who have either worked their way up or arrived with the right qualifications; or, at what the modern vernacular calls entry level, more uncertain roles for people who are&nbsp;prepared to put in the graft,&nbsp;and who often shoulder the burden of&nbsp;mind-bending shift patterns and low wages.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/10/majority-of-britain-eastern-european-residents-are-in-work">80% of Britain's 1.4m eastern European residents are in work</a> </p><p>Poles, Latvians, Lithuanians, Bulgarians and Romanians have fed a job market in which few British people are interested</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/07/europeans-british-dream-uk-immigration-future">Continue reading...</a>BrexitEuropeEuropean UnionUK newsPeterboroughMigrationPolandThu, 07 Sep 2017 19:15:42 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/07/europeans-british-dream-uk-immigration-futureIllustration: Nate KitchIllustration: Nate KitchJohn Harris2017-09-07T19:15:42ZHolger Czukay obituaryhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/06/holger-czukay-obituary
Founder member of Can who took a prominent role in producing and engineering the German rock band’s albums<p>When Holger Czukay, who has died aged 79, became one of the founding members of the Cologne-based band Can in 1968, his role was that of bass player. “The bass player’s like a king in chess,” he reflected later. “He doesn’t move much, but when he does he changes everything.”</p><p>However, Can described themselves as an “anarchist community”, and the group’s experimental spirit allowed Czukay plenty of room to explore various aspects of electronic music and recording. Right from their first album, Monster Movie (1969), they broke new ground with their fondness for improvised playing shaped by editing, layering and electronic effects, and Czukay took a prominent role in producing and engineering the band’s albums. Can never achieved huge commercial success, though they did achieve a Top 10 hit in Germany with Spoon, the theme from a TV thriller series, in 1972. Nonetheless their work – not least their mastery of the minimal, repetitive “Motorik” beat, which became a trademark, of Can, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQCTTvUqhOQ">Neu! </a>and other German bands – left a lasting impression on countless artists who came in their wake.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/06/holger-czukay-obituary">Continue reading...</a>Pop and rockGermanyElectronic musicMusicEuropeBrian EnoPolandSecond world warWed, 06 Sep 2017 15:38:20 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/06/holger-czukay-obituaryPhotograph: Chris Walter/WireImagePhotograph: Chris Walter/WireImageAdam Sweeting2017-09-06T15:38:20ZAngela Merkel: we cannot hold our tongues on risk to rule of law in Polandhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/29/angela-merkel-poland-judicial-reforms-courts
<p>German chancellor says EU fears over Polish reforms giving justice minister right to fire judges must be taken seriously</p><p>Angela Merkel has weighed in on a worsening dispute between the EU and Poland about judicial independence, delivering pointed criticism of Germany’s eastern neighbour that underscores its growing isolation.<br></p><p>The European commission said in July that it would launch legal action against Poland over <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/26/poland-hits-back-eu-blackmail-judicial-reforms">reforms that gave the justice minister the right to fire judges</a> – a power that undermines the independence of the courts and violates EU rules. </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/01/poland-tussle-eu-populist-leaders-nationalist-feeling-judicial-reforms">Pride is at stake in Poland’s tussle with the EU. It won’t give ground easily | Anna Gromada</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/26/poland-hits-back-eu-blackmail-judicial-reforms">Poland hits back at EU 'blackmail' over judicial reforms</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/29/angela-merkel-poland-judicial-reforms-courts">Continue reading...</a>PolandEuropeWorld newsEuropean UnionAngela MerkelGermanyEuropean commissionTue, 29 Aug 2017 13:58:08 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/29/angela-merkel-poland-judicial-reforms-courtsPhotograph: Michael Sohn/APPhotograph: Michael Sohn/APJennifer Rankin2017-08-29T13:58:08ZMacron will never be Europe’s saviour if he keeps playing to the populistshttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/28/macron-liberal-hero-europe-populist-france
<p>The new French leader was seen as being key to the EU, but instead he has been scapegoating it in order to deflect criticism away from himself</p><p>When he came to office, Emmanuel Macron was claimed as the poster child for European political liberalism, saving the day against the forces of extremism and populism. “Europe’s saviour?” was a common headline.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/26/emmanuel-macron-reform-france-labour-laws-challenge-unions">Macron heads for autumn showdown with unions in push to transform labour laws</a> </p><p>Macron’s main strategy is to exaggerate a fight he’s putting up at European level to neutralise domestic criticism</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/25/emmanuel-macron-makeup-france-politics-charles-de-gaulle">Macron needs more than makeup to be the new De Gaulle | John Lichfield</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/28/macron-liberal-hero-europe-populist-france">Continue reading...</a>Emmanuel MacronFranceEuropean UnionMarine Le PenPolandThe far rightWorld newsEuropeMon, 28 Aug 2017 05:00:25 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/28/macron-liberal-hero-europe-populist-francePhotograph: STEPHANE MAHE / POOL/EPAPhotograph: STEPHANE MAHE / POOL/EPANatalie Nougayrède2017-08-28T05:00:25Z'We know how to live next to Russia': Lithuania builds border fence with Kaliningradhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/24/russia-lithuania-border-fence-kaliningrad-estonia-eston-kohver
<p>Russia’s recent Baltic moves – huge military exercise, cyber-attacks, missile deployment and seizure of Estonian official – prompt action by Vilnius</p><p>For those approaching the border crossing from the Lithuanian side, the Russian guards and military personnel are obscured by a bend in the road and the trees of the Ramoniškiai forest. Only a towering communication pole, watching and listening, shows how close they are.</p><p>Barely 50 vehicles a day pass through here making their way between Lithuania, once part of the Soviet Union, and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave on the Baltic Sea. Wedged between Lithuania to its north and east, and Poland to its south, Kaliningrad is about 800 miles (1,300km) from Moscow.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/24/russia-lithuania-border-fence-kaliningrad-estonia-eston-kohver">Continue reading...</a>LithuaniaRussiaPolandEuropeWorld newsThu, 24 Aug 2017 04:00:09 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/24/russia-lithuania-border-fence-kaliningrad-estonia-eston-kohverPhotograph: Ints Kalnins/ReutersPhotograph: Ints Kalnins/ReutersDaniel Boffey in Ramoniškiai2017-08-24T04:00:09ZDonald Trump and the snub that wasn't | Open Door | Paul Chadwickhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/13/donald-trump-and-the-snub-that-wasnt
<p>A case of a misleading video report raises important themes about trust in journalism</p><p>During Donald Trump’s recent European visit a news item briefly flared in which the Polish president’s wife, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, was presented as having snubbed the US president. She ignored his outstretched hand and instead shook the hand of Trump’s wife, Melania.</p><p>Or so the footage, circulated by several major media outlets including the Guardian, seemed to show. It was enhanced by at least one closeup of Trump looking piqued, and it garnered a big audience. On social media, some celebrated Trump’s apparent discomfort. Kornhauser-Duda was hailed for landing a subtle blow for women.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/13/donald-trump-and-the-snub-that-wasnt">Continue reading...</a>Donald TrumpPolandAndrzej DudaMelania TrumpThe GuardianMediaNational newspapersNewspapersNewspapers & magazinesUS newsSun, 13 Aug 2017 17:33:57 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/13/donald-trump-and-the-snub-that-wasntPhotograph: Alik Keplicz/APPhotograph: Alik Keplicz/APPaul Chadwick2017-08-13T17:33:57ZAuschwitz survivor who was world's oldest man dies at 113https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/12/auschwitz-survivor-who-was-worlds-oldest-man-dies-at-113
<p>Israel Kristal, who was only member of his family to survive war, described as ‘very hardworking’ by grandson</p><p>Israel Kristal, the world’s oldest man who lived through both world wars and survived the Auschwitz concentration camp, has passed away just a month short of his 114th birthday, his family have said.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/28/maximum-human-lifespan-new-research-mortality">Maximum human lifespan could far exceed 115 years – new research</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/12/auschwitz-survivor-who-was-worlds-oldest-man-dies-at-113">Continue reading...</a>AgeingIsraelOlder peopleWorld newsPolandMiddle East and North AfricaEuropeSocietySat, 12 Aug 2017 17:54:03 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/12/auschwitz-survivor-who-was-worlds-oldest-man-dies-at-113Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPAPhotograph: Abir Sultan/EPAAssociated Press2017-08-12T17:54:03ZHow big brands including Sports Direct unwittingly used slave labourhttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/aug/08/how-big-brands-including-sports-direct-unwittingly-used-slave-labour
<p>Convictions over the exploitation of migrant workers – sent to work at the sportswear company as well as for suppliers of major supermarkets – reveal how slavery is flourishing in modern Britain</p><p>Sports Direct has been named in three separate modern slavery trials in Nottinghamshire courts within six months this year, all relating to Polish migrants sent to work through recruitment agencies at the corporation’s warehouse in Shirebrook.</p><p>The courts convicted members of three separate criminal groups for modern slavery, after hearing that they had sent migrants to work through agencies that supplied labour to the headquarters of the sportswear company. Some migrants were also sent through an agency to work for a leading vegetable producer, which supplies – directly or indirectly – nearly all the UK’s major supermarkets.</p><p>The men's only toilet and washing facilities were in an unheated garage, shared with hens and pigeons</p><p>A spokesperson for Sports Direct said modern slavery was 'often deeply hidden' and hard to detect</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/23/brothers-jailed-trafficking-poland-sports-direct-shirebrook">Brothers jailed for trafficking people from Poland to work at Sports Direct</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/aug/08/how-big-brands-including-sports-direct-unwittingly-used-slave-labour">Continue reading...</a>Global developmentPolandMigrationSports Direct InternationalHuman rightsWorld newsTue, 08 Aug 2017 06:00:31 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/aug/08/how-big-brands-including-sports-direct-unwittingly-used-slave-labourPhotograph: Jill Mead for the GuardianPhotograph: Jill Mead for the GuardianFelicity Lawrence2017-08-08T06:00:31ZMan accused of abducting British model Chloe Ayling a 'fantasist'https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/07/man-accused-of-abducting-british-model-chloe-ayling-a-fantasist-lukasz-pawel-herba-italian-police
<p>Pole Lukasz Pawel Herba told Italian police he belonged to gang called Black Death and then that he had leukaemia, say local media</p><p>The man accused of working with an international crime gang to kidnap a British model and sell her into slavery in an auction on the dark web has been described by Italian police as a fantasist.</p><p>Lukasz Pawel Herba, 30, is alleged to have attacked Chloe Ayling when she went to Milan for a photoshoot last month. The 20-year-old told police she was drugged and held against her will. Upon her release six days later, she said she was told a gang called “Black Death” had been behind her abduction.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/07/man-accused-of-abducting-british-model-chloe-ayling-a-fantasist-lukasz-pawel-herba-italian-police">Continue reading...</a>UK newsItalyEuropePolandWorld newsMon, 07 Aug 2017 17:21:30 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/07/man-accused-of-abducting-british-model-chloe-ayling-a-fantasist-lukasz-pawel-herba-italian-policePhotograph: Italian Police via APPhotograph: Italian Police via APAngela Giuffrida and Kevin Rawlinson2017-08-07T17:21:30ZDon’t blame the Poles for Nazi atrocities | Lettershttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/04/dont-blame-the-poles-for-nazi-atrocities
<strong>MP Daniel Kawczynski </strong>takes issue with an Opinion piece about the purpose and significance of a recent official visit to Poland by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge<p>Kate Maltby’s piece (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/21/william-kate-poland-nationalism-royal-brexit" title="">William and Kate have been duped into endorsing Poland’s ugly nationalism</a>, 21 July) seeks to lay blame for the atrocities that happened in Poland squarely with the Poles, rather than the Nazis. This ignores the vast number of Polish people who risked and lost their lives trying to save Jews. It’s worth recognising that Poland was the only country in occupied Europe where there was death by decree for assisting Jews. Let me remind her that Poles have the highest number of people of all nations to be recognised as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Righteous_Among_the_Nations" title="">Righteous Among the Nations</a> by Israel. My own grand-uncle, Jan Kawczynski, was brutally murdered along with his wife and young daughter by the Nazis for harbouring Jewish families on his farm. The only reason the uprising was “doomed to fail from the start” was because of Stalin’s unwillingness to assist, and his desire for it to fail. Let me assure Kate Maltby, the spirit and courage of the soldiers who fought in 1944 to free Warsaw is the pride and joy of all Varsovians, Poles as well as all other people of goodwill.<br><strong>Daniel Kawczynski MP</strong><br><em>Conservative, Shrewsbury and Atcham</em></p><p><strong><em>• Join the debate – email </em></strong><a href="mailto:guardian.letters@theguardian.com" title=""><strong><em>guardian.letters@theguardian.com</em></strong></a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/04/dont-blame-the-poles-for-nazi-atrocities">Continue reading...</a>PolandWorld newsHolocaustNazismPrince WilliamMonarchyUK newsThe Duchess of CambridgeFri, 04 Aug 2017 17:21:50 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/04/dont-blame-the-poles-for-nazi-atrocitiesPhotograph: Pool/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Pool/Getty ImagesLetters2017-08-04T17:21:50ZExtreme heat warnings issued in Europe as temperatures pass 40Chttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/04/extreme-heat-warnings-issued-europe-temperatures-pass-40c
<p>Authorities in 11 countries warn residents and tourists to take precautions amid region’s most intense heatwave – nicknamed Lucifer – since 2003</p><p>Eleven southern and central European countries have issued extreme heat warnings amid a brutal heatwave nicknamed Lucifer, with residents and tourists urged to take precautions and scientists warning worse could be still to come.</p><p>Authorities in countries including Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia are on red alert, <a href="https://www.meteoalarm.eu/en_UK/0/0/EU-Europe.html">the European forecasters’ network Meteoalarm said</a>, and swaths of southern Spain and France are on amber.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/04/extreme-heat-warnings-issued-europe-temperatures-pass-40c">Continue reading...</a>EuropeItalySpainFrancePolandAlbaniaCroatiaHungaryClimate changeWorld newsEnvironmentFri, 04 Aug 2017 15:28:06 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/04/extreme-heat-warnings-issued-europe-temperatures-pass-40cPhotograph: Villar Lopez/EPAPhotograph: Villar Lopez/EPAJon Henley European affairs correspondent2017-08-04T15:28:06Z